Dragons | The History & Origin Stories You Were Never Told
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Today we take a look at the dragons, the history behind these mythical monsters and how their appearance and significance has changed over time.
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Please make a video all about the history and origins of the mythical creature plus mythical race calling Giants from before and now please
Dráka is is the old Norse for dragon which it derives & Icelandic surname for dráki means Dragon.
Draca is the old English word for Dragon.
Níðhöggr, Fáfnir et cetera as examples.
Norse dragons are what people think of when they think of Iconic Dragons in popular media.
Far east dragon Lóng 龙 or japanese Ryu translates to serpent not dragon & are really strange magical long flying koi fish.
Very different to northern European Norse Dráka
Δράκων=drakom or δράκος=drakos meant any large monster for the later form most commonly referred ogre or titan like giant monsters.
Greak never had true dragon with Hydras & chimera you mention but Ladon or Python being closer to a Dragon but not really if you look into them.
Sorry to upset the Mediterranean but Dragons are a northern European Pagan thing!
King of Gwynedd from around 655AD used Y Ddraig Goch as older then when the Saxons arived in England hence Y Ddraig Wen that became associated with the saxons being the white dragon instead of the red for the welsh.
Book of Job tells of Leviathan not a dragon so the bible doesn't mention of dragons as such.
Beowulf from the 8th century is an old English epic that has a Dragon in a story.
Any older was always heraldic depiction or similar alike though dragons but not in story but northern European myths.
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The first four legs Dragon in Mythology is Tiamat
@@alberich3963 Tiamat is sea a goddess that is the personification of primordial chaos.
She is the confusion that existed before the world.
Tâmtu in Akkadian mean sea & Tiamat
is a derivation of the older Tamtum
Mesopotamian polytheism is not as strait forward as Tiamat is a dragon.
Enûma Elish states Tiamet is the other & creator of monsters not that she is a dragon though as a primordial chaos she can take on many forms.
She is the mother of god's & monsters alike.
Her form is never directly identified & what is mentioned in even in he same writings run contrary to it's self with obvious intention as Chaos does not care for stringent order.
Marduk god of storms slays Tiamet but in ancient art she is depicted as a scaled horned gryphon or giant serpent if anything so not a Dragon.
Perhaps Tiamat could be said to be an inspiration or mother of dragons as the mother of monsters & god's?
My point is Tiamat is depicted with no legs human legs & 4 in proto- gryphon sort of form.
Apologies for the length Alberich.
Finally they've done a deep independent video on dragons. This is exactly the type of video I've been waiting for from this channel!!!!!! Thank you
Not that deep. Less than 30 min, with commercials 🫤
Dragons have got to be the most versatile creatures in history, whether they genuinely existed or just through pure imagination. Dragons are said to be a mix of different animal characteristics. And, they’ve also been depicted to be of different elements which the closest animal we have to this is a Chameleon. In the west, we see dragons as mighty scaly beasts with wings and fire breathing capabilities. Yet, asian cultures view these mighty creatures with a snake-like body with no wings. In certain Asian cultures, they also live underwater or deep in mountain caves. Dragons are just really awesome and diverse. They’re amazing
Isn’t China’s classic dragon depiction a flying wingless snake that can breath fire?
Dragons, Unicorns, Werewolves, Elves and Vampires are the most iconic fantasy creatures.
Aliens, banshees, centaurs, cyclopes, dwarves, fairies, genies, ghosts, giants, gnomes, krakens, leprechauns, merpeople, ogres, phoenixes, pixies, satyrs, trolls, wizards, zombies…
And every single one of them has their own erotica subgenre!
I agree with the statements
Elvis
In my opinion it’s unicorns, mermaids and dragons. But there are way way way more
Dragons are by far the best magical creatures 🐲
I don't know bout that
I wanna say dracoliches, but that's just an undead dragon.
Agreed
👍!!
Hell yeah 🐉
I always love to see Dragons they are so powerful, so fantasy and so legendry 🐉🔥🏰🗡
As somebody born in the Rhine area of Germany between the cities of Cologne and Bonn the legend of Siegfried and the dragon from the Nibellungen saga is a firmly established part of local culture and folklore. The mountain known as Drachenfels (dragon´s rock) is a popular destination for a day trip as it is said to be the place where the dragon used to live before it was slain.
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this is ACTUALLY the best myth / fiction channel
I just gotta love the Nordic tales. Except for one element they are always very inventive !
That one thing being Loki making some mess and then having to fix it
He is a fun character.
And making another mess too!
Dragons are my favorite mythical creatures. It's nice to hear some historic background, how dragons change over time and how different cultures saw them. Great work!
Tolkien's Glaurung was a fire breather. Look in the Silmarillion to a Dagor Bragolach and Nirnaeth Arnoediad.
I love this video! As an ardent admirer of dinosaurs, Filipino and Indian cultures and the Targaryen dynasty, I was hoping this video also covered their associations with dragons. Regardless, great job!
Yeah. It’s probably because you’re part reptilian
Theres an island on Isle of Wight called Dragon rock or something. Shaped like a petrified dragon. Game of Thrones is closer to history than you may think
" In these lands upon which Giants used to road " - Abraham Lincoln
Vritra is the closest thing i remember to resemble a dragon but he's an asura tho
A strong one at that
I ❤ Dragons!!🐉✨ So majestic!
So if the Lernean Hydra had nine heads when Heracles went after it, it must have started out with an uneven number of heads and then grew more as people tried to slay it, right? I wonder how many heads it had when it originally hatched, just three?
One. It started with one. That's the lowest odd number.
Every chopped of head increases the number of heads by one. As such it could be any number of heads lower or equal to 9.
@@danielseelye6005 i was gonna say that lol
My list of dragons that I know
Amphiptere, Hydra, Lindworm, Ouroboros, Wyvern, vetrovnjak/zmajeviti, Zduhac, Zmajeviti, zmey, Zmeu, Aiatar, Amphisbaena, Asdeev, Baxia, Beithir, Bian, Bixi, Bukavac, Burrunjar, Chaofeng, Chiwen, Dahag, Denglong, Jabberwock, Jiaotu, Longgui, Mbielu, Odontotyranno, Pulao, Pyrausta, Qilin, Qiuniu, scitalis, Suanni, Taotie, Tatzelwurm, Tizheruk, velue/peluda, Yazi, Niu, Xi, Balaur, Herensuge, Tiamat, Zirnitra, Bakunawa, Minokawa, vibria, sárkany, drakaina, drak, drac
In a fantasy novel I'm designing, dragons are like natural custodians. They leave their lairs only to destroy whatever thing is upsetting the environment. When they do this, their fiery breath (or other elemental power) reinvigorates and purifies the land to allow for new growth.
Dragons are served by wyverns who hunt for them and protect their lairs. There's also a dragonic mortal race they've created called Draken, to which dragons often forge covenants with, allowing draken to access dragonic powers in exchange for letting the dragon perceive the mortal world through their eyes.
I pride myself on emphasizing moral shades of grey in my writing, especially when it comes to relationships between people, cultures, and species. When it comes to dragons, I didn't want them to be inherently evil, while involving the whole dragons burning down villages thing. So, I had to create a reason as to why they'd do that. Essentially, I don't see people as inherent good vs inherent evil. It's more like contradicting and opposing needs and desires. Granted, yes, there are dragons who are evil. The idea is that good and evil can exist in individuals, not groups.
As for the religious element, I can best put it this way. Gods are on the side of their followers. Except for a small few other races, that's mostly human. Dragons, though, favor nature. The conflict between the two is a representation of man vs nature.
Have you finished the book yet? I’m interested in reading it.
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Technically Tiamat was the very first dragon and/or serpent in existence in mythology’s.
Also you should’ve talked about the Aztec serpent god.
100%..... this must be the strictly European p.o.v. Dragons are a major key to unlocking our ancient past.
I think that Ann McCaffrey's dragons from her best selling series Dragon Riders Of Pern. They are large, largest is 40 meters nose to tail, intelligent, beautiful, they fly, and they form a lifelong unbreakable mind to mind bond with 1 person.
I wish that someone will make a live action movie based on her books.
Do not forget Ursela Le Guin's work. :) ~The Dragon Master ~ Founder, The Dragon Society {Est. 1984}
Thanks!
I've always wondered when the day would come that my favorite mythical creature would be covered on this channel, and you did not disappoint. This was delightful; thank you. The idea of dragons originally being more snake-like before being depicted as they are now is something interesting for me to think about.
Me too, I think that we may come to Earth to earn our wings. I do think I am a Dragon, having a human experience.
Always loved dragons
And whats not to love about them
They have great desings from alll over the world
I didn't catch the similarity to The Hobbit because I was thinking it was like the opera about a magical ring. 😅
There are more depictions of Dragons from other lores not discussed in this video...I will excitingly wait for part 2.
Always glad to see more dragons.
doing gods work man, another excellent video
My most favourite of all the magical creatures! 🐉
Always wanted to know this information. Thank you for this video.
Tolkien loved all of that Northern Mythology. So yes, as I heard you telling the story it did take me to him and the Hobbit. Dragon went through such a transformation across the ages.
Hmm is wider Germanic influence "northern"? I guess it depends on your perspective. Or there's a decent chance you're granting all of that to a set number of countries you particularly like, I guess
I guess the norse story shows that your mistakes dont just affect you, but it can affect those around you.
Thanks👍! Awesome video!
Do a part 2. You missed India, South America, and Australia. 😊
BRO YOU DID ONE ON DRAGONS, LETS GOOOOOOOOO
Can you cover the Ouroboros?
I always love you expaineding your Dragon video library. 🐲🐉
I really appreciate this look at a subject, like dragons, across different culutres. Could you do others? LIke the Fae, Bigfoot, Kraken etc? thnx!
The word, "DRAGON", is the Greek word, meaning, "Serpent". The scientific term for Whales, is "Cetacean", which comes from the ancient mythological Greek, Sea Serpent, Dragon, called, "Cetus". The word, "Worm", comes from the ancient Germanic word, "Wurm", meaning, Serpent, or Dragon, and the word "Crocodile", comes from the Greek word, "Krokodilos", meaning, "Worm of The Stones".
I just 💚 Deadly #Dragon's🐲🐉who breathes 🔥 & 💛 all your videos mate👍
Finally history of my favorite mythological creature
Next the history of the Giants
Interestingly, Skyrim has a dragon priest named Volsung, and in their dragon language, Volsung means "horrible." Since a lot of the game's mythology and culture of the local people in it is norse-based, it's entirely possible that the priest was purposefully named after that story with Fafnir.
So strange how all these different cultures (most of which had no contact with eachother) all describe dragons of some kind . Even more interesting is how much the Asian and Aztec dragons were so much alike and these two civilizations NEVER had contact. Makes u really think
No it is simply past on from person to person
Exactly my thoughts, it’s suspicious, something similar may have existed
This is exactly the type of video I've been waiting for from this channel!!!!!! Thank you
Ancient Egyptians sometimes believed that when there was a solar eclipse or a particularly cloudy day, Apep had temporarily won the battle against Ra and his task force of other really cool gods.
I've created an AD&D campaign centered around five (5) brothers whom are all half dragons. But they are not fire breathing dragons but rather DreamDragons whom are serpents of Asian appearance. Your video here affirms the fact that my instinctive choices were correctly done. Thanks for adding to the mix of my concept.
Terrific video! 🗡🔥🐉 Truly one of the best channels on youtube.🙌
Ooook.
Still at the age of 30 I still love dragon they are so fierce yet mystical I think growing up the midevil dragons were my favorite but now as an adult I love the eastern depiction because of how beautiful and magical they can be also how terrifyingly powerful they were
Hell yeah! Dragons!
2024 YEAR OF THE DRAGON 🐉💚
Pretty good video. My favorite dragons are probably the Zmei of Eastern Europe. It's like they combined both Western and Asian dragons together.
Would love a revisitation to the Cthulhu mythos with some more readings and explanations !!!
A complete Cthulhu mythos overview is a large scale project in the works.
@@MythologyFictionExplained this is a dream come true✨🫶
I like all dragons from different cultures
I do to
@@Aron-ny9yz I know right 👍🏻
Great Work! thanks
One of the best videos about dragons I've seen to date!
Im writing a story where one of the gods has a dragon companion. This video helped my creative process for the dragon. :)
Please make a video all about the mythical creature plus mythical race called Giants from before and now please
Hello. I really admire what you do, you are one of my favorite channels, and this video has helped me a lot to give me a few ideas about what I want to do on my own channel, where I will start to analyze and present different types of dragons and legends about these.
Thank you so much for your hard work, it really lifts my spirit and helps inspire me.
The whole 'burnt finger on magical food' motif also shows up w/ the legends of Fionn Mac Cumhaill - in fact, looking into it it shows up in a couple european folklores, and the broader 'eat the special food without permission and acquire magical insight' motif even shows up in one of the tales of the brothers grimm...
It has a type number and everything - 673.
How have I not found or may have forgotten about this channel
Loved the video , wished you made the video longer talking about dragons 🐉 for alot longer . Whilst they're Not my favourite fictional animal/trope , My Mum is born under the Chinese zodiac sign of the dragon 🐉. Watching this from Australia , where technically there's another version of a dragon mythology you failed to mention : Creation of the Australia's landscape by the rainbow serpent in Aboriginal walkabout dreamtime stories 🐲🌈🦚
I was waiting for you to talk about dragons for a LONG time.
*Dragons are my favorite animals🩵❤️🌸🐉🐲*
I really liked how you presented a timeline of the changing depictions of the European Dragon image. You touched a little on the Chinese and Korean dragon, I hope you do another video of how those images have changed over time.
So basically, the moral of Fafnir's story is that Loki will cause a mess (Otr's death) and when asked to clean up, he creates another mess? (Hreidmarr's death and Fafnir's whole affairs)
This is the video I've been waiting for since I've been subbed 🥰🐉
Wow you comeback again and I love it mythology and fiction explained return forever and I will be fan for like inspirational stories telling of mythology, history & fiction literature that is become desire for true legends. Dragons is my beloved it popular favorite mythical creatures of all time use to inspired make it pet fight battle and help journey adventure like a realm of fantasy. Thank you for I love this watching these video of all time and keep it up in the hope future and I am Filipino will be upcoming creative video contents Philippines Mythology. 👍🙏💗💚🐉🐲
He has returned.
I am truly obsessed with this channel
As a big fan of dragons
This video was much needed
I always found it fascinating that different cultures separated by oceans and impassible expanses all managed to have mythical creatures like dragons and also giant hairy humanoids like Bigfoot. Even the indigenous people of Australia had the Yowie, similar to Sasquatch, even though they had never seen a monkey, gorilla, or other primates before…
YAAAAAASSSSSS, Dragons will never make me boring.
Beautiful video
Are dragons our friends or are they ancient enemies?
Could depend on the dragon. like some people are really nice and then there are those people...
_I know a nice purple Dragon that is chill, he is not a problem for me but if you're a normal joe then I suggest not to anger him even if looks may decieve._
both
Depends of a dragon.
I was told the legend of dragons began when people started mining. They found dinosaur fossils along with the gold, silver, diamonds and other metals. Hence the association with dragons guarding treasure.
Cuz they are mining titanic beings . Why u think they strike a VEIN when they MINE Things like IRON which we have in us in our blood we have MINErals. Haha . Supernatural titans who are the mountains or they are petrfieied dragons I mean could u imagine the kind of richness there blood had . The evidence is all around the world and we never see it wen it’s in plain sight watch go watch “images and evidence of petrified giants and dragons around the world “. Type that in a search engine if ur ready for that kinda truth which anyone really is I feel like it’s a sin to hold this kind of knowledge back as it soon opens a whole new dimension and yearning for truth in life . Good luck
Well... it's one thesis. We are not sure of its entirety. ~The Dragon Master~ Founder, The Dragon Society {Est. 1984}
Interesting To Note, merci.
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Love this channel man! Could you do one about Gilgamesh please? Preferably a lengthy one? 😊
The fafnir one reminded me of magnus chase but eh
Broski brought me here
Looooved your video!
First of, let me just say thank you so much about the acknowledgement that wyvern are a TYPE of dragon.
Second of, an honorable mention for the least dragon-looking dragon, I emplore everyone to look up the tarrasque from before it was a DnD monster! It falls under the category of monster tamed/defeated by some kind of saint, as far as I recall, but my god a weird amalgamation of creatures!
Enjoy your day people!
Yamta no Orochi is my favorite serpent.
LOL. I love the Danny Devito art!
Great video.
"We love dragons!!! So fascinating. So interesting. So cool."
St George: "Here's a pet dragon. Aint it wow? I'll behead it..... if you promise to go to church everyday."
crowd: "Yeahhhhh!!!! "
** kills dragon **
** builds church instead **
We call them dinosaurs today, they belong to the sea.
Dragons are kind of my favorite mythical creature ❤❤🐉🐲
Fun fact : Godzilla’s arch nemesis is a Three Headed Dragon from outer space.
fun fact godzillah is a radioactive evil enigma that has to be destroyed so the gods send something like me look in the posts not saying i am ghidorah but likely his brother or nepheew or father, but was frozen right> ir si the mdoern movie said, but the classics are teh best, and King of monsters Ghidorah that shines brighter than an angels at each scale, had to destroy godzillah and he won, thenew version is pure failure upset many godzillah fans as was expected they;d work together to root out more and bigger evil than godzillah alone could handle in the new version the original scrippt but they went with dragon slaying instead. whilst if you look at the original godzillah vs gidhirah godzillah never stod a chance and besides neither with the help fro mothra, godzillah would've been defeated, the change in story made the movie confusing, retarded, and juust another dragonslayers show, like watching witches burning and their kids also.lower onthe stack so the mother could watch them die first. this world I mark it.... for extinction of the retarded species called humans and yses my human for is also retarded but less then anyone elses try beating an IQ of 162
I frickin love dragons, as they are my favorite mythical beasts of old. Since they aren't real, I see salt water crocodiles as dragons of the river so that's why I love crocodiles as well, seeing them as a suitable representation of the real thing.
I think there was a time when dragons that could fly and breath fire existed and they terrorized many villages or cities, until a righteous knight appeared and killed those dragons.
Then they invented Wales or something.
Love video
What is it exactly these creatures are dragging , and where are they dragging it to ?
Can you do a video about the Earth deities?
Personally my favorite Dragon will always be Ancalagon the Black from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion
The story of a warrior killing a dragon with a spear is pagan in its origin, christianity just adapted it and put Saint George as a warrior. In Slavic mythology (and many others) there's a story of a God of Thunder killing a serpent/dragon with a spear/lightning. It's a story that explains the first thunderstorm, the beginning of spring and the ending of winter which the serpent/dragon represents. So in Slavic mythology that would be Perun killing Veles in a shape of a serpent
Did hero.
What’s up with the dragon wit the old man’s face on the thumbnail??
I think that must be Apalala/Apalāladamana
European dragons were originally giant snakes that, over the course of history, have added more and more characteristics until they become the winged, fire-breathing lizards (actually scaly wolves) that we all know.
They even originally spit poison, which over time came to be interpreted as fire.
In fact the word dragon comes from the Greco-Roman "Drakkon" or "Drako" which means "(Great) serpent".
Dragon - and proud of it ;)
Dragons are my favorite mythical creature. Full of magic and mystical powers.
Can you make a special about demons?
U should do audio sounds with a keyboard or something like wings flapping or fire breathing f etc would be dope
You know, I actually have this theory that some guy from ancient times came across what we now know as dinosaur bones and that's where the myths and legends about dragons came from
Out of all the Fantastic hybrid humanoids and hybrid beasts, Dragons are easily my most favorite Deities or just a mortal race.